Estate: Naghten (Thomastown)

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Description

The Naghtens or O'Naghtens were one of the old Gaelic families who managed to retain some of their former lands after the land settlements of the late 17th century by conforming to the Established Church in the 18th century. The Naghten estate was in the parish of Drum, barony of Athlone, county Roscommon. The Naghtens intermarried with the D'Arcys of Houndswood, county Mayo, the Burkes of Tiaquin, county Galway and the Dillons of Johnstown, county Roscommon. In 1828 Thomas Mahon Naghten was a member of the Grand Panel of county Roscommon. In the 1870s the Naghten estate amounted to 4,829 acres in county Roscommon. Malachy Naghten was described as an insolvent debtor when two properties belonging to him were advertised for sale in the mid 1850s. He was one of the parties in a case, Keogh v Naghten, in the Court of Chancery. It is not clear if he was closely related to the Thomastown Naghtens. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~naughton/Naughton.html

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Thomastown Park
(H1172)
Built in the 18th century and home of the Naghten family for over 200 years, valued at £35 in the 1850s. Wilson refers to it as the seat of Mr. Naghten in 1786. In 1894 Slater mentions Thomastown park as the seat of Mrs. Naghten. It is no longer extant.

Cuilleen House
(H1273)
A branch of the Naghten family lived at Cuilleen in the 1830s. Malachy Naghten of Cuilleen died in 1865 aged 63 and is buried in Drum Old Cemetery. The house is labelled Cuilleen House on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map of the 1830s but is not shown on the later 25-inch edition of the 1890s and no trace is visible now.